Hetzner wins almost every VPS price comparison for Node.js — but only if your users are in Europe or North America. If your API needs to be fast in Tokyo, Seoul, or Johannesburg, Hetzner's 5 regions don't help you. That's where Vultr's 32 datacenters change the calculus.

Pricing (2026)

Plan vCPU RAM Storage Bandwidth Price/month

1 vCPU 1 1 GB 25 GB NVMe 1 TB $6

1 vCPU 1 2 GB 55 GB NVMe 2 TB $12

2 vCPU 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 3 TB $24

4 vCPU 4 8 GB 160 GB NVMe 4 TB $48

NVMe on every tier is worth noting — DigitalOcean only gives you that on Premium plans, not Basic.

Performance

Metric Vultr (AMD HF) Hetzner CX22 DO Basic 4GB

Express API (light load) 9–16ms 8–15ms 10–18ms

Disk read (sequential NVMe) ~1,500 MB/s ~2,000 MB/s ~500 MB/s

Price/month (2 vCPU/4GB) $24 ~€4.35 $24

For a region Hetzner and DigitalOcean both cover, Hetzner still wins on price-per-spec.…